The restoration of upholstered furniture was another discipline I undertook. The emphasis here was the use of traditional upholstery techniques (stitched edges) and materials (horse hair).
In this area we have the opportunity of bringing antiques into a contemporary setting as the choice of top cover is not detrimental to the historical element of the chair.
The upholstery discipline also encompasses the crafts of caning and rushing.The caning on chairs is very susceptible to drying out and becomes very brittle. Repairing and keeping the original cane is possible especially if the chair is of importance. For the chair to become usable then replacing the cane, most likely, would be required. I no longer take on commissions, bot now run training courses in traditional upholstery for more details go to my training course page.